The German Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol.

The article focuses on the ratification by Germany of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol, an international human rights instrument of the United Nations. It says that the Convention was designed to protect people with disabilities who have not been defended from grave violations despite the existence of primary human rights treaties. It suggests that Germany has taken a major step towards human rights perspectives with the said ratification.